Ever heard of the phrase "leave only foot prints behind"?

Horses are natural animals.

Ever see what a group of irresponsible ATVers can do to a piece of unspoiled land. Horses do not tear up the land no where nearly as badly as ATV's.

Horses do not pollute the land with exhaust fumes, spilt gasoline, and noise.

A horse has a mind and a will of its own where as an ATV you are in complete control if you want to be. So it certainly aint all cookies and cream.

Horses don't run out of gas and leave you stranded. In fact they can save your life sometimes. An ATV can get you stuck where as a horse can get you out of a bad situation.

Horses have a will to live where as an ATV does not. This could save your but hunting miles from yout truck.

Horses can usually find their way out and many times can find their way back to a truck where as an ATV can not.

Horses do not spook the game animals into the next county.

Hunting with or off of a horse aint all about getting your "lazy a$$ on something and letting it do the work". With horses comes more work than you could immagine. You should try it sometime and let us know what your opinion about hunting with them is.

BTW, it's not just ATV's. In most states that have wilderness, not just national forrest, no kind of machinery is allowed inside the wilderness boundaries. This would include things like chain saws and bicycles as well as motorcycles and ATV's.